Recent content by Holden100

Thank you for the clarification! That makes much more sense.

Curious if this may be a a reason USNA is rumored to have a higher than normal percentage of reapplicants? (I say 'MAY', 'rumored' and I'm clearly just speculating). College calculus is MUCH different than most high school calculus classes. (And I do think this may be somewhat covid related...

We held onto my older son's car while he was in college (kept it at home all 4 years), which I'm actually really grateful for now. He has a very tight turnaround from graduation/commissioning to reporting (only a week) and with everything else he had to do to make preparations for his new life...

Of course!

Hello! They both reached out initially in their junior years with an email and attached resume. That led to a phone call and then sporadic emails throughout the process (for both the scholarship and subsequent admission to the schools). No need to overthink it, just reach out, let them know who...

He was really good at somehow getting into the classes he needed, sometimes even in advance of his target semester (completing his capstone/immersion project end of junior year helped). His project for himself this semester was to run his first full marathon, which he was able to do in the...

Truest words ever written! He took 12 hours (required to be a full time student and live on campus), but he stacked them on Tuesdays/Thursdays. . .also maybe not the best idea!

My son took an average of 16 credit hours per semester and will graduate with a degree in the School of Engineering. All of his required courses were mapped out his first semester with his unit advisor. This spring semester (his last) he only needed 1 credit hour in an open elective to graduate...

Although apparently the most expensive school now, Vanderbilt financial aid is generous. Just be sure to file a FAFSA, and they will, every year, work up a financial aid package apart from ROTC funds. As soon as they get the list from the unit noting who's in good standing they rework the...

Vanderbilt has a very good relationship with its ROTC units. In my experience early decision applicants with ROTC scholarships have been accepted and some RD students are pulled from the waitlist (lots of kids are pulled from the waitlist there). At an admissions event over a year ago their...

My younger son started asking around about this a couple years ago, and all of the advice he was given was if he thought he wanted to pursue medical school after commissioning he needed to check out the Army, and more specifically, Army ROTC. It's definitely possible from USNA or USMA (I'm not...

3 years ago they were housed in various Navy Lodges.

What Vinlijaheemglasow said! The Vanderbilt ROO is very responsive. But when you say 'enrolled' do you mean you already accepted your enrollment there?

True, but I wasn't quoting total numbers of athletes or who was the top kid in class and what sport he did (which was weird). All mids or cadets at the academies are athletes. These threads are sometimes 'lost in translation' because they're online, in an anonymous forum. (And I did offer...

And, again, you're adding to the weirdness of this thread. Let it go.